YARG - Yet Another RAND Game [Isokron's Midgard wins!]

[Calahan]

I must say that I am hating gem generators more and more in games, so I welcome any new games that start with bans on them. But....

Originally Posted by Executor

If you want a competitive game with ALL nations even LA Ermor and such and see all the nations at their best, you can't really cripple some nations like this as you'll be creating major unbalance by doing so.

This is a bloody good point. You can't really ask players to bring their favourite nations to the table for an ultimate showdown if you are going to handicap a load of them before it even starts.

[Gandalf Parker]

There is no way to NOT affect some nations by the choices that are made. Everything affects someone. Thats one of the pros and cons of Dominions. There is no absolute "best" in anything because that best is likely to be raised or lowered by game settings, nation choices, mods, map type and size, etc.

Eventually the person running the game will just have to select the game settings and take the knocks on who was affected by it.


Gandalf Parker
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To some people, unlimited choices are no choices.

[WraithLord]

Basically the pros and cons for gem gens are:

Pros: Some nations shine with them or are not playable w/o them.
any more?

Cons: MM. They are one of the reasons all end games tend to look the same. They allow hoarders to "hide" huge piles of income.
more?

I'm not a fanatic of either choice. I wanted them out b/c I thought that's the latest fashion and I wanted my next game to be in moda. We can take that down if player don't like this choice.

And yes I do want players to feel free to take LA Ermor or Pythium or Fomoria etc.

I think AsiaTwist (my 2nd game ) is approaching show down. It can take a month or two to complete and then I'll start the new game. I'd have loved to start it now but I vowed not to do 3 games in a row anymore. So I settle for talking about the 3rd one

[rdonj]

As arcoscephale has staled the last several turns in a row and I have been unable to get in contact with its player, I am opening a sub request. Hopefully one can be found before the next turn hosting.